Living the good life one patch of dirt at a time.

All it takes is a self-addressed stamped envelope to get some starter.

Came across this free sourdough starter offer… I think it’s actually from the Oregon Trail and 150 years old. I’m mailing off for it today; look for an update in a month or so. Sounds like a fun thing to try with our bread technique. Read the “About Carl” section… what a champ!

That’s cool! In the last section of “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” (page 399-400 in the paperback) Michael Pollen writes about creating his own “wild yeast” by putting a mix of flour and water on the windowsill for a little bit and then sealing it up. He continued to feed it water and flour and made sure it smelled yeasty as it grew and didn’t look too scary. Like the yeast version of Seymour the plant.

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Caught between wanting to have a farm in the middle of nowhere and loving the city, we consider ourselves the luckiest people on earth to get to do both. Alicia says it best: “We like to pretend we’re farmers.” This site chronicles our adventures in gardening, canning, chickens, and all things agrarian, all with a view of downtown Seattle from the shade of the plum tree in our front yard.